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July 26, 2020: Containment measures renewed in Algeria
Containment measures were renewed this Sunday for a period of 15 days in Algeria, which has been fighting since the end of June against the outbreak of COVID-19, the Prime Minister’s services announced in a press release.
In detail, the government is extending home confinement for two weeks from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. in 29 wilayas. The second measure concerns the renewal for two weeks also of the ban on road traffic, including private vehicles, from and to these 29 wilayas.
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July 26, 2020: Fight against COVID-19 in Algiers: several shops and markets closed in 24 hours
Faced with the continued deterioration of the health situation in Algiers, the closure of shops and markets in Algiers, favorable places to the spread of COVID-19, is accelerating.
This Sunday, July 26, the wilaya announced the closure of no less than 376 shops in the district of Bab el Oued for non-compliance with preventive measures, as well as, as a preventive measure, the large popular Saïd-Touati market located in the same neighborhood.
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July 26, 2020: The impact of COVID-19 on the national economy and the health situation at the center of the meeting of the Council of Ministers
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on the national economy and the health situation in the country were mainly at the center of the periodic meeting of the Council of Ministers, chaired on Sunday by videoconference by the President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
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July 26, 2020: COVID-19 – all access to Algiers and Boumerdès closed
The national gendarmerie announced on Sunday July 26 the closure of all accesses to the wilayas of Algiers and Boumerdès. Only holders of an exceptional permit will be able to enter or leave the capital.
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July 25, 2020: Post-COVID-19 economic recovery plan unveiled
Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane announced Algeria’s plan for economic recovery. “Social transfers this year amounted to 1797 billion dinars”. They are: “124 billion dinars injected into the education sector. 198 billion are intended to support (subsidize) milk and wheat. 82 billion dinars for electricity, gas and water. 289 billion dinars for retirees. 340 billion dinars to the health sector. 166 billion dinars for the needy and those with specific needs. 446 billion dinars for social insurance ”.
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July 25, 2020: Meeting of the scientific committee on Sunday
The scientific committee for monitoring the coronavirus epidemic in Algeria will meet on Sunday July 26 under the chairmanship of the Minister of Health, Abderrahmane Benbouzid to assess the health situation linked to COVID-19 in the country.
According to Dr. Bekkat Berkani, member of the scientific committee, during this periodic meeting, the causes of the rebound in the number of contaminations and the measures to be taken to protect the lives of citizens will be identified.
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July 25, 2020: “In Algeria, the coronavirus is circulating in a very important way”
The coronavirus “is circulating significantly” in Algeria, attests the head of the infectious diseases department of the EPH of Boufarik, Dr Mohamed Yousfi.
“If it weren’t for this heavy circulation, we wouldn’t have had this increase in positive cases per day. A phenomenon that affects more and more wilayas. And within these wilayas, the epidemic affects practically all neighborhoods. Within families, more and more members are affected, ”explains Dr Yousfi.
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July 22, 2020: The epidemic situation is “serious and active”
The epidemic situation in Algeria is “serious and active”, warns Professor Ryad Mehyaoui, member of the scientific committee in charge of monitoring the coronavirus epidemic.
“The state of contagion is still high. This explains why every day there are more and more infections. The epidemic is everywhere,” he added in a statement to TSA.
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July 22, 2020: In Algeria, COVID-19 contamination every 3 minutes and entire families devastated
The incidence of the new Coronavirus “COVID-19” in Algeria recently reached record levels, reaching an average of 600 cases per day, 25 cases per hour and one new case every three minutes, not to mention deaths who settled in 10 lives harvested daily by this virus. The bad behavior of many citizens is an easy way for COVID-19 to spread and infect, to the point that entire families have been devastated by this epidemic.
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July 21, 2020: Confinement of COVID-19 patients at home – the concerns of specialists
Faced with the saturation of hospital structures, due to the resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic, several establishments recommend home confinement for a certain category of COVID-19 patients.
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July 20, 2020: Abdelmadjid Tebboune: “Sacrifice is a sunnah, but the health risk cannot be ruled out”
The President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune spoke on Sunday of the celebration of the religious holiday of Eid El Adha in the current context marked by the health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
During an interview with national media officials, the President of the Republic explained that “sacrifice is a sunna, but the health risk is not to be ruled out (…) we cannot be permissive in the face of the danger to the health of the citizen “.
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July 20, 2020: Several cases of COVID-19 among Tunisians recently repatriated from Algeria
Repatriation operations for Tunisians stranded in Algeria are still ongoing. Among the returnees, several were infected with COVID-19, local media reported on Monday.
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July 20, 2020: Penalization of assaults on health personnel: a long-awaited decision
The criminalization of attacks against staff in health structures is a decision “long awaited”, indicated Monday in Algiers Professor Djamel Eddine Nibouche, who insisted on the “reorganization” of care in hospitals for a better patient care.
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July 20, 2020: Constantine – The sale of sheep inside the urban area is strictly prohibited
The sale of Eid El Adha sheep is “strictly prohibited” this year inside the urban area of the wilaya of Constantine, given the health situation marked by the spread of COVID-19, said on Sunday the Wali Ahmed Abdelhafid Saci.
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